About Greenwood Cemetery
Greenwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama. It lies about 3.7 mi southwest of Birmingham. The grounds sit at about 643 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including Andrew Jackson Beard, Addie Mae Collins and Carole Rosamond Robertson. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 144251. The nearest other listed cemetery is Forest Hill Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Eastside Funeral Home in Birmingham, about 0.9 mi away. It is one of 109 cemeteries we list in Jefferson County, and 42 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Birmingham. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Greenwood Cemetery
Among them: 1 inventor or engineer.
- Andrew Jackson Beard1849-1921American inventor
- Addie Mae Collins1949-1963Murder victim
- Carole Rosamond Robertson1949-1963Victim of 16th Street Baptist Church bombing
People whose Wikidata entry gives Greenwood Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
33.55296, -86.75164
What Greenwood Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Forest Hill CemeteryBirmingham, ALCemetery0.3 mi
- East Lake CemeteryIrondale, ALCemetery1.6 mi
- Inglenook CemeteryTarrant, ALCemetery1.6 mi
- Bush CemeteryIrondale, ALCemetery2.6 mi
- McElwain Baptist CemeteryMountain Brook, ALBaptist cemetery2.7 mi
- Higgins CemeteryTarrant, ALCemetery2.9 mi
- Zion Memorial GardensTarrant, ALMemorial park3.0 mi
- Sharit CemeteryTarrant, ALCemetery3.2 mi
- Bass CemeteryIrondale, ALCemetery4.0 mi
- Oak Hill CemeteryBirmingham, ALCemetery4.2 mi
Funeral homes near Greenwood Cemetery
- Eastside Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Birmingham · (205) 592-2233
- Dante Jelks Funeral Home, LLC - Birmingham1.3 miFuneral home · Birmingham · (205) 595-0111
- Mullins Metropolitan Funeral1.5 miFuneral home · Birmingham · (205) 592-6500
- Aubrey Bushelon Funeral Directing & Cremation Services1.7 miCremation provider · Birmingham · (205) 956-8388
- Earnest Johnson Funeral Home, Inc.2.1 miFuneral home · Birmingham · (205) 836-3583
- JMW Mortuary2.2 miMortuary · Birmingham · (205) 849-1945
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